"Whether it is a forgery or not will be known by checking." Faced with the embarrassing situation in front of him, Wei Xin had no way to retreat, and after hearing the words of the emaciated eunuch, he said expressionlessly, "The case of the musket in the Bafang Warehouse is a matter of great importance, and there must be no negligence and slackness. ”

"Lord Governor, according to the opinion of this official, we should thoroughly investigate the records of all parties in the palace on the sixth day of the eighth month, so as to prove that the prince of Zhenguo stayed in Wenyuan Pavilion on the sixth day of the eighth month." As he spoke, Wei Xin turned to Chen Tai on the side and looked at him solemnly.

Chen Tai frowned slightly when he heard this, Wei Xin is undoubtedly messing around, the records of the pro-army and the inner court have actually confirmed each other that Li Yuntian was in Wenyuan Pavilion on the night of the sixth day of the eighth month, there is no need to check other records, I am afraid that Wei Xin's move has ulterior motives, and he just wants to delay time.

"Commander Wei is reasonable, and the governor will write to the celebrant and ask him to assist in the investigation of the case."

Although he thought that this was Wei Xin's delaying tactic, Chen Tai couldn't refuse, not to mention that Emperor Xuande's holy will had made it clear that Li Yuntian was implicated in the arquebus case of the Bafang Warehouse, and the reason Wei Xin found alone sounded very sufficient, after all, there was nothing wrong with acting cautiously, so Chen Tai nodded and agreed after pondering for a while.

"Lord Governor, it is not trivial to thoroughly investigate all the records in the palace, it is better to ask the emperor for instructions in person." Subsequently, Chen Tai was about to order the official document to be sent to the celebrant to assist in the investigation of the case, but Wei Xin spoke first and said seriously.

"What do you think?" Chen Tai couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this, and quietly asked Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others who were present, now that there is no way to retry the case, it is better to end it as soon as possible, so as not to bring shame on yourself here.

All the civil and military officials present glanced at each other when they heard this, and then they all remained silent, although everyone knew Wei Xin's actions, but it was obvious that it was better not to open their mouths at this moment, did they want to stop Chen Tai and Wei Xin from asking Emperor Xuande?

"Since you have no objections, then today's court trial will end here, and the court trial will be held after this governor has invited the emperor." Seeing this, Chen Tai stood up and announced with a blank face that he was a little impatient to escape from this place that made him feel ashamed.

Since Chen Tai was the presiding judge, everyone present also stood up, and their eyes invariably looked at Li Yuntian standing upright in the lobby, and their eyes showed sympathy.

"Governor Chen, that prince is waiting for the news of the court trial." Li Yuntian's face was not shocked, he bowed slightly to Chen Tai, and said lightly.

In fact, Li Yuntian had long expected that Wei Xin would not let himself be cleared of suspicion of attempting rebellion, after all, this was the holy order that Wei Xin received, and Wei Xin would definitely do his best to prevent anything that was beneficial to him.

However, Li Yuntian has achieved his goal, he not only showed his outstanding talent to these court officials who were hearing in the hall, but more importantly, he perfectly clarified the truth of the facts, but unfortunately his opponent was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he had to consider himself unlucky.

Subsequently, Li Yuntian arched his hand to Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu, Jian Yi and others, and strode out of the court with his head held high, which made everyone at the scene feel embarrassed by this, who would have thought that Li Yuntian, who was still a celebrity in front of Emperor Xuande not long ago, fell to such a point, it was really a trick.

The teahouse outside the south gate of the imperial city.

"Let's go down."

Fang Liang waved his hand to the elite guard military attache standing beside him with a cold expression, he had already learned from the elite guard military attache what was happening in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and his mood became extremely bad.

Judging from the current situation, if Emperor Xuande was not alarmed, it would be impossible to change many records in the palace related to Li Yuntian's deeds on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and this was a scene he did not want to see.

Before the court trial began, Fang Liang would never have thought that Li Yuntian would be able to break the trap set by him and Ah Qiu one by one, and he also forced Wei Xin to suspend the court trial, and an indescribable sense of frustration suddenly appeared in his heart.

"We underestimated Li Yuntian, it seems that he is even more difficult to deal with than imagined." Ah Qiu frowned and drank all the tea in the teacup in his hand, then put the teacup on the table with a snap, and said to Fang Liang in a deep voice quietly, "The top priority is to solve this current trouble and not give Li Yuntian a chance to turn over!" ”

"This official has betrayed the emperor's trust, and he really has no shame to see the emperor." Hearing this, the corners of Fang Liang's mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile, and he said with a gloomy expression, he had already failed once, and it was really difficult to face another defeat.

"Li Yuntian is insidious and cunning, and he is scheming, even the King of Han, the Jiaozhi rebels and the Great Yuan have suffered from him, and it is really not easy to deal with him."

Ah Qiu shook his head, and said to Fang Liang seriously, "Lord Fang, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, we should not care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool, the initiative of the situation is still in our hands, as long as those records in the palace are changed, then Li Yuntian will have no skills, obediently wait for death, and must not be arrogant and delay the fighter!" ”

"Mr. Qiu has learned that now is not the time to be secretly sad." Fang Liang was touched by Ah Qiu's words, and his spirit was immediately lifted, after all, Li Yuntian was still in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and the war did not distinguish the winner or loser, plus the situation was favorable to him, as long as it was proved that the records of the pro-army and the inner court were "forged", then Li Yuntian would not be able to escape this catastrophe.

"Mr. Qiu, this official will enter the palace to face the saint." Then, Fang Liang stood up suddenly, arched his hand at Ah Qiu, and led his men to leave in a hurry.

"Li Yuntian, I didn't expect your life to be so hard, but this time it was Zhu Zhanji who wanted you to die, I see what tricks you have to do, the so-called karmic cycle of retribution is unpleasant, this is the retribution for you to surrender to Zhu Zhanji with all your heart!" After Fang Liang left, Ah Qiu sneered, and the expression on his face looked a little hideous, as if he hated Li Yuntian to the core.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

The charcoal fire in several charcoal basins burned red and burned vigorously, which made the room extremely warm, but the atmosphere was a little cold, except for Emperor Xuande, who was lying on the warm couch, kept coughing, the scene was silent.

Fang Liang knelt motionless in front of the warm couch and didn't even dare to breathe, waiting for Emperor Xuande's punishment with some trepidation, after all, this was his second defeat in Li Yuntian, and there was no excuse for any justification.

"Get up, Zhenguo Gong can level the toe and set Liaodong, he is by no means an idle person, you will benefit a lot from fighting him." After coughing, Emperor Xuande frowned and groaned, and raised his hand to Fang Liang's void in his heart, he knew very well that Fang Liang had done his best, but if it was so easy to defeat Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian would not be worthy of becoming the youngest prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, although Emperor Xuande was a little annoyed in his heart, he was not ready to punish Fang Liang, who was doing his best, and looking at the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that only Liu Bowen of the Hongwu Dynasty could compete with Li Yuntian in terms of wisdom.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is scheming, and the minister implores the Emperor to change the record of the Duke of Zhenguo in the palace on the sixth day of the eighth month, so that the Duke of Zhenguo will be unable to escape."

Fang Liang immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice, this is the best way to put Li Yuntian to death now, otherwise once those records are made public, Li Yuntian will get out of the arquebus case in the Bafang Warehouse.

A helpless wry smile flashed on Emperor Xuande's face, thinking that his dignified son would do such a thing, wouldn't it be a big joke if it was passed out.

"Mr. Jin, this matter will be handed over to you and Fang Jinshi!" After a deep groan, Emperor Xuande said to Jin Ying, who was standing in front of the bed, with an expressionless face, Jin Ying was not only the eunuch of the palm print of the celebrant eunuch, but also the chief eunuch in the palace.

"The minions obey." Jin Ying's lips squirmed when he heard this, and he wanted to say something, but after glancing at Fang Liang, he didn't say anything, and bowed to Emperor Xuande and promised.

In fact, in terms of position, the chief eunuch is the largest official position among the eunuchs, and the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch is just the largest official position of the eunuch, and at first he was only the head of one of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court.

However, with the rise of the celebrant eunuch, since the chief eunuch is usually concurrently served by the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch, the eunuch of the celebrant has become the largest official position among the eunuchs.

In order to prevent the eunuch from becoming dominant, Emperor Xuande also set up three deputy chiefs to restrict it, namely Wang Jin, the chief eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, Fan Hong, the second eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi, and Yang Qing, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch.

Among them, Wang Jin is also in charge of the East Factory, and is the factory governor of the East Factory, second only to Jin Ying in terms of power, and the third most powerful is not Fan Hong, but Yang Qing, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch.

Although Yang Qing is not the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, the imperial horse eunuch where he is located is the inner court yamen second only to the ceremonial eunuch.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies shared the military power, which was actually the Privy Council of the Inner Court, plus it also had to manage the pasture and the imperial village, operate the imperial store, manage the finances with the households, and take charge of the emperor's inner treasury, which was regarded as the "internal steward" of the Ming Dynasty.

It is worth mentioning that the West Factory, which was once set up twice, was also supervised by the eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and then competed with the East Factory of the Celebrant Supervisor.

Unlike the rest of the inner court yamen, the imperial horse supervisor was directly responsible for the army of the dragon and tiger guards in the pro-guard, and participated in the management of the pro-army, which made the imperial horse eunuch have a special status among the twenty-four yamen of the inner court and was regarded as a military yamen in the inner court.

It is precisely because the imperial horse eunuch has both military and economic power that it has become the second yamen in the twenty-four yamen after the celebrant eunuch, and many battles in the inner court are also carried out around the celebrant and the imperial horse eunuch, followed by the battle between the eunuch of the celebrant and the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch about the governor of the Dongchang factory.

According to the regulations, the supervisor of the Dongchang factory was served by the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, but those big eunuchs who leaned towards the government and the opposition, such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, were all in charge of the superintendent of the Dongchang factory, and the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi was elevated, which in turn forced the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch to bow his head.

The reason why Emperor Xuande did this was to let the powerful eunuchs of the public restrain each other, so that there would not be a situation in which one family would dominate.

It is precisely because of the intricate entanglement of interests within the eunuchs that they are more dependent on the emperor, and the emperor's preferences often determine their fate, as evidenced by the fate of Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian.